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Founded in Paris in 1999 by Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin, as one of the world’s first email newsletters in the beginning of the Internet era, The Daily Reckoning is a pioneer in online publishing.

The Daily Reckoning provides over half a million subscribers with literary economic perspective, global market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

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When Counterfeiting is Legal

Nov 22, 2011| 

If I told you that I had $1.6 trillion on deposit at a local bank, you’d think I was not merely a member of the “1%,” but a member of the “1%” of the “1%.”... Read »

Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the Future of the IMF

May 18, 2011| 

Qu’ils mangent de la brioche!” English readers will recognize this infamous phrase as, “Let them eat cake.” Marie Antoinette supposedly uttered it. Two... Read »

What the IMF Chief’s Arrest Means for the European Debt Crisis

May 16, 2011| 

The big news over the weekend was the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn who is the managing director of the IMF and had his sights on the French Presidency. Strauss-Kahn... Read »

A 1980 copy of Playboy Predicts the Future for Silver

May 12, 2011| 

Last night I lay back on my couch and had a couple of glasses of red, while reading an article from 1980 about the Hunt brothers and the events that surrounded... Read »

Expect Volatility in the Silver Price to Persist

Apr 27, 2011| 1

It was a mixed day here in St. Louis as the clouds and rain finally gave way to sunshine as I left the office last night. The same can be said about the markets,... Read »

Is There Any Hope for Shipping?

Apr 20, 2011| 

“Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.” This quotation from the Roman poet Horace is spot on in describing ... Read »

Discovering Gold’s Utility Behind America’s Triple-A Façade

Apr 19, 2011| 

Yesterday’s big news wasn’t really news at all. Standard and Poor’s finally found the nerve to state openly what the rest of the world already knew: the... Read »

Housing Is the Cheapest It’s Been in a Generation

Feb 11, 2011| 1

In a recent Daily Reckoning column, “Buy a House…Then Buy Another” I told you about John Paulson, the billionaire hedge fund manager who switched from betting... Read »

Investing in Gold Ahead of the Chinese

Dec 28, 2010| 

There are a lot of things in this world that I do not understand, and perhaps it is because of this persistent befuddlement that, for some mysterious reason,... Read »

Will France Be the Next Euro Nation to Fail?

Dec 21, 2010| 

Europe is falling apart and economies both small and large aren’t immune to fears of a meltdown. While Spain and Italy are getting the most attention, you also... Read »

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